We all know that L.A. is supposedly a city obsessed with health, a city with a juice bar on every corner and one Soul Cycle per neighborhood. At USC, however, you wouldn’t be able to tell you live in the same city as Gwyneth Paltrow. At USC, we are surrounded on all sides by Jack in the Box, McDonald's, Panda Express, Taco Bell, Five Guys, Chick-fil-A, Subway, and Carl’s Jr., just to name a few. And they’re all on one street! Might as well rename Figueroa "Fat-ueroa," the boulevard of broken scales. It can be hard to eat healthy and stay healthy, especially when here you consider Chipotle to be nutritious and the only juice bar at USC is mediocre at best (sorry, Nekter!). The gang of "It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia" perfectly describes the constant dilemma of eating in college, between wanting to be healthy and wanting to indulge.
1. When you come up with any excuse you can to eat Panda Express
The Cream Cheese Rangoons are only 190 calories? So healthy!
2. And use any excuse you can to not eat an apple
How can I know if Seeds fruit is organic??
3. When you finally go out to a nice restaurant away from campus and don’t know what to do with yourself
4. When you cheat on your diet and do some things you’re not proud of
5. When your friend tells you about a weird new food trend and you’re skeptical if it actually works
6. When you decide to give up that one unhealthy food you love
7. Your reaction when someone questions your eating habits
Why do you care if I eat my entire Blaze pizza in less than 10 minutes?
8. When people try to get you to eat new cuisines
No, for the last time I don’t want to try kimchi.
9. When you go to a new exercise class and actually like it
"Guys, I’m like actually really into Pilates now."
10. When CVS is out of Tostitos Hint of Lime chips
11. When you run out of snacks in your room and you’re too lazy to buy more
12. When the dining hall doesn’t satisfy your culinary needs so you have to think creatively
Face it, you can only handle so much EVK.
13. When you go on a hike for the first time this semester
14. Trying to relate to vegans
15. When you get nervous about eating dinner two hours before a party
16. When you want to bring your lunch to class but you’re not sure if the professor will notice and get mad
17. When you go home for the holidays and your parents start asking you about the freshman 15
18. When people act surprised when they see you at the gym
19. When people think they’re “too good” for 2 a.m. Domino's
(No one is too good for 2 a.m. Domino's.)
20. When the Postmates delivery fee is over $10
Why is life worth living if my delivery from Urth Caffé is $40?! It’s the only way I can eat healthy!
21. And finally, when you give up on trying to eat healthy and just accept how muscular you are
